Then we watched a 10-minute video about the end of the Soviet Union. After a brief discussion of the civil war in Yugoslavia and ethnic cleansing, we ended class with a brief video montage of Boris Yeltsin suffering from the effects of drinking.
I began class by questioning students to see what they had learned from their textbook about challenges to Gorbachev in the late 1980s, the August 1991 coup, the end of the Soviet Union and the rise to power of Yelstin. Then students wrote a practice essay on the subject. Four students shared what they had written and we discussed their ideas as students added to their essays.
Then we watched a 10-minute video about the end of the Soviet Union. After a brief discussion of the civil war in Yugoslavia and ethnic cleansing, we ended class with a brief video montage of Boris Yeltsin suffering from the effects of drinking.
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In a lecture/discussion we looked at problems faced by the Soviet Union in the early 1980s, the reforms brought about by Gorbachev and some of the effects of those reforms, both in the former Soviet Union and in its satellite nations.
Students began answering the assessment questions on page p. 345 or worked on the map of Europe. This morning we began our study of Chapter 19. Our first topic is the growth of democracy in South America. Students read 19.1, then we discussed answers to questions over their reading. We listened to They Dance Alone, a song by Sting, written about the women of Chile who protested the arrest and disappearance of political activists by dancing alone in the town squares.
Three points of extra credit to the first five people who email me the name of the composer of the musical Evita. Students took the quest (more than a quiz, less than a test) over Chapter 18 today. It focused on India/Pakistan and Israel/Palestine. We graded the first part of the quiz together in class.
Please begin reading Chapter 19. EXTRA CREDIT - The first five students to email me the name of the leader of Hamas will receive 3 points of extra credit. GO! Students spent the first five minutes of class finishing or studying their maps of Palestine and North Africa. These maps will be on tomorrow's quest.
We watched a 10-minutes film Israel and Palestine Explained (you can watch this again on YouTube) and discussed two issues from the end of the film: the division between the Palestinian Authority and Hamas, and two possible solutions for Israel/Palestine: a two-state solution or a one-state solution. Students then answered the questions listed on the Home page. Use your answers in studying for tomorrow's quest over Chapter 18. This morning we continued our study of Palestine and the creation of the state of Israel. Students also read a recent article discussing Israeli/Palestinian relations over the Temple Mount. We will continue studying that on Wednesday.
. I led the students through an exercise this morning to help them learn how to take research notes, then write up a report in their own words. We answered six questions about Corazon Aquino in bullet format, outlined a simple report, then wrote the first paragraph. Four students read their paragraphs while others checked to see they were not copying from their sources.
Part of the assignment for Friday is to write a brief report on Aung San Suu Kyi, using the same method of research and writing. Throughout the school year, we will be studying the Middle East (Southwest Asia), in order to better understand why people and movements there are drivers of events around the world. We learned a little about the three Abrahamic faiths, read a brief summary of the history of the region, and began working on a map.
Please read Chapter 18, sections 1 & 2 by Thursday, when we will begin our study of modern India and Pakistan. We reviewed the assignment from Chapter 17. I shared a few great answers from selected students, anonymously. Students reviewed the material for the quiz in pairs. We then reviewed the map of Cold War Europe by having students draw a memory map, labeling whatever countries and cities they could remember. We will continue practicing this skill.
Students took the Chapter 17 quiz, which we then traded and graded. We finished by watching the CNN Student News. SEE YOU AT CORONA DEL MAR! I HOPE YOU HAVE A RELAXING LABOR DAY WEEKEND! Today is the 70th anniversary of the Japanese surrender ending WWII. I read to the class the story of James L. Starnes, navigator of the battleship U.S.S. Missouri, who was in charge of the surrender ceremony in Tokyo Bay (Los Angeles Times, 2 September 2015, p. A2).
Students turned in their Chapter 17 assignment. We watched a Crash Course video on the Cold War - tomorrow students will share a little of what they learned in a Socrative exit ticket. We discussed events that happened during the Presidencies of Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon and Reagan. As we move into our study of Chapter 18, we will be creating timelines of events in the later 20th century. The notes you took today will help you with that assignment. |
James WaltersMr. Walters has taught at RAA since 1985. He currently teaches Geography, World History, American History, Government, Economics and Handbell Ensembles. He is Music Director/Organist of Magnolia Presbyterian Church and is an adjunct professor at Concordia University Wisconsin, teaching Handbell Methods and Materials. Archives
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